You find yourself subconsciously keeping your hand over the pocket with the earrings in it.
Everything's gone smoothly so far, other than that..awkward interaction- so you haven't had much to worry about. But at the same time you feel this sense like something's bound to happen while you're protecting these decoys, increasing your anxiety.
It's fine, they're under your hand, no one can touch them, they won't fall. They're safe.
..Maybe you should press your hand a bit more firmly on it. Just in case.
Aside from that, you can't help but wonder what that interaction with 'Lila' was all about.. Adrien and Marinette seemed.. really against the idea of you and her even just talking. What did she do? You mean she would've had to do something bad for them not to like her. They're super friendly. ..Well, maybe not Chloe..
Surely they wouldn't act like that without a good reaso-
"Hey-" You hear Adrien walking up to you, likely just having left the classroom.
"Oh, hey Adrien." You stop and wait to let him catch up to you, walking casually beside you once he does.
"She didn't..say anything after that, did she?"
"No, she went somewhere else. Why?"
"Okay, listen to me. Lila is not a good person. She's a massive liar. For the longest time she's done all sorts of things, most of which ended up in Marinette getting in trouble for things she didn't do. She really has it out for her, and.. I'm not really sure why. But I don't like her. She manipulates people into believing her to get what she wants."
"Oh wow..I didn't really, uh..take her for the type."
"Yeah, most don't at first. Just..be careful around her, okay?"
"You got it." You pause a moment, thinking of a way to shift the topic. "Right, uh, where should we start working on the project? Your house or mine?"
"Well, um..my house is a bit of an awkward place for it..maybe yours? If that's okay with you and your parents, of course."
"Oh, yeah, my mom should be fine with it, don't worry." You grab your phone to shoot her a text.
"What about your father?"
"My dad's not really.. home often, y'know? So he wouldn't really have a say."
"Oh, I see." He glances over at you.
"Yeaaah." You hear a notification sound, checking your phone and smiling before replying. "Looks like you're in the clear, Agreste. We can start working on it together tomorrow. Chloe wants to hang out tonight since we couldn't yesterday."
"I understand, tomorrow works for me." He smiles.
"Sweet." You smile in return.
You hear a pair of footsteps, turning your head as Marinette and Chloe walk over..together? ..Huh.
"Hey guys, I noticed you stayed behind for a bit. Everything okay?" You ask, putting a hand on your hip.
"Yeah, we just had a bit of a chat, nothing unusual." Marinette says, putting her hands together behind her back.
"It's a little unusual for the two of you to casually talk." Adrien raises a brow.
"Well, a lot of things have been unusual recently, haven't they?" Chloe replies with a smile, before grabbing your arm. "C'mon, let's go spend some time outside before we have to do more boring schoolwork."
"A- I'm- Chloe we were talking-"
"My time now."
"Chloeeee- Bye Adrien, Bye Marinette- Chloeeeeee-"
She drags you away as they wave, turning to each other.
"..We've got to keep him away from Lila." They say in unison.
Someone glances at them from around a corner, before disappearing into the shadows.
The rest of the school day is pretty boring aside from a few conversations you have with Chloe and later Sabrina who wanted to spend time with Chloe again.
You wave as everyone leaves respectively, walking beside Chloe and closing the door to the school's entrance.
"Let's walk-and-talk. We could do that in the car but I feel like doing a little sightseeing."
"Chloe, you've seen this area a bajillion times. I'm the one that should be sightseeing."
"That's true, and I'm giving you an opportunity. Sooo it still works."
You simply smile, chatting with her about random topics you both have interests in.
It's peaceful for a while before you suddenly stop.
"..What? What is it?" Chloe looks at you.
You blink, trying to figure out if you're actually seeing what you think you are or if you're still just really tired.
Objects move around that look like scribbles. Very crudely drawn, seemingly with crayon figures run around, panicking. It looks like something a child would've drawn.
"What's going on?" You mutter, looking around for the source of this chaos. And then, you spot them..
A child sits on a poorly drawn cloud, pointing something at random strangers, turning them into doodles.
An akuma attack..
"..I've gotta go find Marinette-"
// sorry this one's a bit shorter than usual, i'm going to make up for it in the next part since that's where the more interesting stuff happens. it might be a bit of a long one!
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